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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
5
Young women who run news stands at elevated and subway stations forming a union. They have obtained a charter from the A F of L Retail Clerks International Union, following the example of the telegraph and telephone girls.
A midnight gathering is set at the Boston Women’s Trade Union League on Warrenton Street to organize permanently, receive a charter, and elect officers. Speakers included Mabel Gillespie, Frank H. McCarthy, and Frank J. Kiernan as organizers report most workers have joined, with pay around six dollars weekly and calls for higher wages and a weekly day off.
A highly touted gown is showcased as a breakthrough in fashion with full illustration and detailed description slated for next Sunday's Post. The feature emphasizes the garment's versatility and novelty in contemporary dressing.
Dr John Nelson Mills of Chicago told the Boston University Theological School student body that China could provide all needed labor for the United States and even raise a standing army without domestic strain He called China the biggest and most amazing part of the world and said the era of upheaval there is at hand with China moving too fast.
Belden Farm hosts the 17th annual outing of the Oogah Wallahs an East Boston business group. John H Lane retiring president received a diamond studded Elk's charm amid a gathering of more than 150 guests on Charles Belden’s Dover estate.
Automobiles bearing club colors carried members and guests to Belden farm where an orchestra greeted them and a feast was laid. Activities included baseball quoits and auto tours with sunlit relaxation. Aloysius F. O'Brien was elected president amid speeches by Patrick J. Kennedy. outgoing president John H. Lane received a $300 diamond Elks charm. A silk American flag was presented to Mr. Belden.
Grace E. Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Frederick Moore of 4 Centre Street Watertown married Harry P Ramsey of Cambridge in First Baptist Church with Mrs Elmer Hathaway of Cambridge and Mrs John J Lewis of Salem as honor matrons and Robert F Ross of Watertown as best man.
The missionary schooner George B. Cluett sailed yesterday to Grenfell Hospital and station with supplies medicine and clothing. Among the missionaries aboard are Alice Bates of Waltham who will become a nurse there and Charles E K Parsons of Colorado Springs a graduate of Amherst who will spend a year at Grenfell stations in the far north.
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